Postseason tournaments finally get underway

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Jun 29, 2013 at 12:18 AMJun 29, 2013 at 12:23 AM

Peanut and Little leagues begin postseason tournaments.

It has finally reached tournament time for the Peanut and Little leagues. Both kicked off the postseason Friday after rain washed away efforts earlier in the week.Peanut League Lyons-Sullivan Realty and BDI Plumbing garnered wins to advance to the semifinals round. There was no information provided by deadline for the BDI victory over Masonic Lodge. Pitching and defense were keys as LSR shut out Country Financial 2-0 in the nightcap. Kaden Gregory, Drew Wayman and Ty Jensen threw for Lyons-Sullivan. Blake Regenold and Jeff Hamilton drove in runs for LSR and Sam Kelly and Conrad Pfaff scored. Kelly and Wayman had two hits apiece for LSR. Hamilton doubled and Gregory, Regenold, Pfaff and Seth Branscum each singled. Brayden Harder had two hits for Country Financial. Zayn Eilts, Hunter Melvin, Bryce Harder and Nathan Taylor had one hit apiece.Little League No information was provided for the Little League game between Watson Vision and Durham Electric other than the final score. Watson won 12-8. The new schedule for the Little League tournament has the semifinal games being played Monday and the City Series starting Tuesday. No. 2 McCoy Construction will take on No. 3 Country Financial in the first game Monday. McCoy has two wins over Country this season. Top-seed Illini Bobcat will face Watson Vision in the late game. The third-place game is Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. with the first City Series game set for 7:15. The Series will continue Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. with Game 2. If needed, Game 3 will follow at 7:15.

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